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Aman Mender
11,197 PointsMy screen does not turn black
//Solution: Create a overlay with the large image - lightbox
var $overlay = $('<div id="overlay"></div>');
// Add overlay
$("body").append($overlay);
// An image
// A caption
//1. Capture the click event on a link to an image
$("#image-Gallery a").click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var href = $(this).attr("href");
console.log(href);
//1.1 Show the overlay
$overlay.show();
//1.2 Update overlay with the image linked in the link
//1.3 Get child's alt attribute and set caption
}
);
#overlay {
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
1 Answer
Joe Bruno
35,909 PointsHello Aman,
Looks like your issue may have been your css selector of "#imageGallery a". You have "#image-Gallery a" , with a hyphen, written above. If that is the case and not merely a typo in the forum, that would be the issue. Also, in your css, you need another declaration of "display: none;". The black div should be hidden by default and then shown by jQuery. Without the display none, it should have been visible as soon as the append method ran.
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//Capture the click event on a link to an image
$("#imageGallery a").click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var href = $(this).attr("href");
$overlay.show();
//Show the overlay.
//Update overlay with the image linked in the link
//Get child's alt attribute and set caption
});
Best of luck!